Articles tagged with: special economic zones (SEZs)

Indian disputes continue marching to Singapore: 68% more Indian parties using SIAC, which opened marketing office in GIFT SEZ

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has seen a two-third increase in new cases filed in 2016 involving Indian parties, with India remaining the largest overseas jurisdiction to adjudicate in Singapore, way ahead of China.

Will foreign law firms open first in SEZs (and GIFT)? Not yet, but gov’t paves a way with rule change

As first reported by Live Law this week, the ministry of commerce and industry, which has been spearheading the government’s efforts to liberalise the legal market, alongside the law ministry, has revoked a ban on the practice of law from special economic zones (SEZs), by issuing a notification in the Gazette of India amending the Special Economic Rules governing Special Economic Zones on 3 January 2017.